A Loose Tooth

Little Man is growing up. While eating eggs this morning he told me his tooth hurt. I looked in his mouth with a hope that his tooth was loose, and much to my pleasure it is quite loose. I gave him an apple in hopes that this will speed up the process. It is wiggling in all directions and I think we should have it out before his 5th Birthday next week. Woo Hoo!!! I love pulling teeth so it is taking all my restrain to not just reach in his mouth and rip it out. Pictures will come when it is out.

I did it!

I made a Turkey. And I have to say it was really good. Do you see the size of this bird? 26lbs! Seriously big turkey.

I was pretty worried I would botch Thanksgiving dinner, and after doing it I was stressed about nothing. I think I did a great job if I do say so myself. My favorite part was the stuffing I made, it was pretty and so good. I didn't get a picture of it, but it was delicious!

Thanksgiving was great! I am so grateful for my wonderful husband and all of his help with making dinner such a success. Thanks babe!

Strangely enough I wouldn't mind doing it all again, it was fun!

Update

We have been busy! The main highlights of my life!

• Today Little Miss had her last day of Pre-School, it was such an exciting day for her! She hugged her little friends good-bye and is happy that three year old Pre-School is over! She is looking forward to gymnastics starting in January.
• I am making Thanksgiving dinner for 17 people at my house. I am so excited, yet slightly scared. I have all sorts of stuff ready for it and it will be a success!!
• Little Man's birthday is in two weeks, we are getting things in order for his birthday party, we are having a lot of kids over but it is going to be great!
• I am busy on the piano playing the Hallelujah Chorus, and many other Christmas songs for multiple Church functions. It is busy, but I really love it.
• Randy has gotten some of the Christmas lights on the house, it isn't done yet to our standards, though others would think it was great. Think Griswold's, that is what we like.
• Black Friday is only 3 days away, but who is counting? Ha!
• For a month now I have been feeling better than I have in YEARS. Yes years. It has been a very pleasant and much needed change in my life. I am being consistent with my meds, much better than in the past when I feel good and quit, and I am hoping that things are going to continue this way. I am feeling especially grateful to my Heavenly Father right now.
• My husband he is just wonderful! He has been very supportive and understanding of all of my music endeavors and has picked up on some of the slack from my absence and devotion to my piano who seems to be getting more attention than him lately. He supports my love for music and that is one of the greatest gifts to me.

I am happy to say we are happy, we are good and life is good.

I have a big fat bum!

My kids lately do not want to be referred to as little, small, baby or anything of the likeness. They are big, they are huge, they are not little.

I told Little Miss (she would debate that and say she was BIG Miss) that she had a cute little bum, she quickly replied, nope Mama, I have a BIG BUM!!! And since then she has proceeded to turn around and stick her bum at people and say look, my big bum!

Little Man jumped on the band wagon today when he was sitting with his cousin playing games on the computer and told him to scoot over. He has a big fat bum and needs some room. He informed his cousin his was small and didn't need much room at all. They preceded to argue as to who has the biggest bum.

Never thought I would hear my kids insisting they had big bums, and being proud of it! They crack me up!

Did you know?

Randy has a blog? My husband decided late last night that he should join in the blogging. So he now has his own blog.
Go check him out!

New Look

Hey I changed my blog around a little, what do you think?
I am trying something new, but sadly I lost all my codes for the side, so I am slowly working on fixing that.

Count Down

I am starting the count down. 13 more days until Black Friday!! I can't wait. I love getting up at 4AM to go stand in line to get the best deals at the stores. I have already begun scouting the ads, and looking for the best deals. 13 more days!!!

Proud Mommy!!

I am so excited tonight. Little Miss has been going to a PreSchool for the developmentally delayed. She has had a severe speech delay. When she was evaluated by the preschool in June of this year she was below the charts. You have to be under the 2nd percentile to even qualify, so that tells you how far behind she was. At 3 she was 1 year 4 months delayed. That is quite significant. Right after the evaluation we started with a private speech therapist while we waited for school to start this fall. She improved slowly.

Recently things have really picked up. Her speech therapist at school and her teacher both thought it was time to retest her, so today it was finished. I am proud to say that she no longer qualifies for her preschool. She has excelled very quickly and is doing great. She is now in the 79th Percentile and is at a 3 year 10 month speech development. (she is only 3 years 4 months) I am thrilled beyond belief. I knew her private therapist we were using was FANTASTIC, but this exceeded all of our expectations. Needless to say she tested herself right out of preschool and out of her speech therapy too. Her articulation needs a little help so we are finishing out the year with her private therapist, but I am just so proud of my baby!! It has been so great to see her accomplish so much! Great Job Little Miss!!!

Guess What?!?

I made a trip to Idaho this weekend, my niece was being baptized so we went for that. It was nice to see family and get to witness such a great occasion. All 16 cousins on my husbands side of the family were there. I will post of picture of that another day, had to use real film (gasp!) so it isn't developed yet. I had fun visiting with Randy's sisters and all my nieces and nephews. It was a great time!

Another great thing I got to do was to meet up with some bloggers and ladies I know!! Woo Hoo!!! Here they are from left to right.

Jenn, Katy, Em, Jami, Me, The Gardner, and Meshelle. What a fantastic group of women. I was in awe of the diversity and the strength they have. They have such great life experiences have seriously impacted my life in more ways than they could ever realize. After I left I kept telling Randy what awesome women they all were and how I was so impressed with these great women. He has heard so many times how much I am in awe of their strength and courage. Seriously fantastic ladies!! We had a great time, and enjoyed some time just hanging out! Our kids were running wild and mine kept crying, and people saw how accident prone my little miss really is. All in all it was great! I hope I get to see them again soon! They don't live THAT far away. I think I might have to do another road trip!! Thanks for such a fun lunch!!

Dance!

Do you ever find yourself rocking out in your car, dancing and getting your groove on? I do. I was driving down the road the other day rocking out and realizing that people were looking at me. It totally made me laugh. But it didn't stop me. I don't get the chance to go out dancing much anymore so I have made it a practice to dance in the car. My kids think it is so cool, and they are picking up on the practice.